What is CVE-2016-8918?

CVE-2016-8918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Integration Bus, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-8918?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in IBM Integration Bus

CVE-2016-8918

IBM Integration Bus, under non default configurations, could allow a remote user to authenticate without providing valid credentials.

Published 2017-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Integration Bus — versions 10.0
IBM Corporation Integration Bus — versions 10, 9.0.0.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94644 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8918?: CVE-2016-8918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Integration Bus, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-8918?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.